Second Presbyterian Church (also known as Central Presbyterian Church) is a historic church building in

Downtown Columbus, Ohio Downtown Columbus is the central business district of Columbus, Ohio. Downtown is centered on the intersection of Broad Street (Columbus, Ohio), Broad and High Street (Columbus, Ohio), High Streets, and encompasses all of the area inside the Inn ...

. It was built in 1857 in a Romanesque style and was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1983. It closed in November 2011. The site was previously the location of the first public school in Columbus, built in 1826. The building was acquired by Columbus Association for the Performing Arts in 2013, and is being repurposed as a performance venue. CAPA CEO William Conner Jr. said the church building is "acoustically near perfect".

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* Presbyterian churches in Ohio Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Columbus, Ohio Romanesque Revival church buildings in Ohio Churches completed in 1857 Churches in Columbus, Ohio Buildings and structures in Downtown Columbus, Ohio 1857 establishments in Ohio Columbus Register properties {{ColumbusOH-struct-stub